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Speaking to Marca earlier this winter, he said: \u201cThe Giro d\u2019Italia is my big objective, and also my favourite race.\u201d<\/p>\n
What Garzelli actually saw in Valencia<\/p>\n
Garzelli\u2019s enthusiasm was not based on vague potential. He pointed to specific, high-cost actions that are easy to miss if you only read results. \u201cFirst stage, I was in the car,\u201d he explained. \u201cTwenty riders remain, a 15-kilometre-long straight, he goes alone, headwind in his face. They catch him with 1,500 metres to go, then victory for Girmay.\u201d<\/p>\n
That kind of move does not guarantee a result, but it does signal confidence and intent, and it also hints at why Red Bull rates Pellizzari as a rider capable of taking responsibility in hard races.<\/p>\n
The bigger moment, though, came on stage four, when Red Bull began to shape the race properly in the finale. Garzelli\u2019s description of the team\u2019s order is the detail that should make people look twice.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the fourth stage, about 30 kilometres from the finish, the Red Bull train was Pellizzari, Vlasov and Evenepoel, in this order,\u201d he said. \u201cHe started pulling for 15 kilometres between flat roads and little ramps, and he made almost everyone crack, even Vlasov. Six riders remained.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is where the wider context matters. Evenepoel is the headline leader, but Red Bull\u2019s 2026 plan is built around depth and flexibility. When someone like Pellizzari is riding ahead of the team\u2019s established GC engine room in that moment, it is not decoration. It is trust.<\/p>\n
Garzelli then delivered the line that made the week feel like more than a supporting ride. \u201cI am convinced that if Pellizzari hadn\u2019t been racing with Evenepoel, he would have fought it out with him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
That is not a prediction about a season. It is an assessment of a level, right now, and the significance is obvious with the Giro on the horizon.<\/p>\n
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Pellizzari starred for Red Bull at the 2025 Vuelta a Espana\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reinforcing what Pellizzari has already said about learning inside Red Bull<\/p>\n
Pellizzari\u2019s own comments earlier this winter align neatly with Garzelli\u2019s take. He has been clear that he values proximity to champions rather than distance from them, and he has already framed his development inside the team as learning through racing.<\/p>\n
\u201cLast year I raced a lot alongside Roglic, and I learned many things from him,\u201d he told Marca, before adding: \u201cFor me it is an honour to race with champions like them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garzelli\u2019s observations from Valencia essentially put evidence on top of those words. Pellizzari is not just present alongside leaders like Evenepoel, he is shaping races in front of him.<\/p>\n
Garzelli also noted that Evenepoel himself recognised it.<\/p>\n
He said Remco was impressed by Pellizzari\u2019s work, and that he complimented and thanked him afterwards.<\/p>\n
Evenepoel\u2019s form is obvious, but the team dynamic is the point<\/p>\n
Garzelli did not ignore Evenepoel\u2019s own performance across the week. He described \u201cgreat condition, great motivation and above all great tranquillity\u201d, and he even noted how approachable Evenepoel appeared immediately after finishing.<\/p>\n
But the more interesting point for Red Bull\u2019s longer season is what Garzelli saw as an emerging dynamic inside the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the outside, you can see great harmony,\u201d he said, before adding that Pellizzari was often the one pushing Evenepoel to attack and was almost the rider having to hold him back.<\/p>\n
That is a striking detail because it matches the broader expectation around Red Bull this season. This team is not built around one voice. It is built around multiple leaders, multiple calendars, and a culture where strong riders are encouraged to be active rather than passive.<\/p>\n
For Pellizzari, Valencia did not need to deliver a headline result to serve a purpose. If Garzelli\u2019s verdict is right, it provides something arguably more valuable: proof that his level is already close enough to ride with the team\u2019s biggest engine when the race is on the line.<\/p>\n
And with the Giro d\u2019Italia as his stated target, that is the kind of signal Red Bull will have wanted to see.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speaking to Marca earlier this winter, he said: \u201cThe Giro d\u2019Italia is my big objective, and also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,114060,20997,7133,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-421201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-giulio-pellizzari","10":"tag-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe","11":"tag-remco-evenepoel","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}